Lifestyle

Eating Well: Meeting holiday kitchen challenges with confidence

The best thing about "Stonewall Kitchen Winter Celebrations: Special Recipes for Family and Friends" by Stonewall Kitchen co-founders Jim Stott and Jonathan King with Maine food author Kathy Gunst (Chronicle Books 2009. $19.95) – other than the Stott photographs showing you how the finis...

Susan Lovell • Lifestyle •
Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Out & About: Arlo Guthrie, Peter Serkin and Oratorio Chorale

Coming up on the last full week of the "regular" arts and entertainment season – noting that the month-long torrent of Christmas-oriented performances starts on Thanksgiving weekend – let's highlight three fine events for music aficionados. Arlo Guthrie, son of America's famous...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The Art Forecast: Women on the land promoting girls on the coast

FREEPORT — Coastal Studies for Girls, a new semester-long residential marine and environmental sciences program for sophomores in high school, plans to open on Wolfe's Neck Road in Freeport in February with 15 students. As a "friends-raiser," the innovative science school is hosting a se...

Edgar Allen Beem • Lifestyle •
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: Nov. 18 - 29

Greater Portland Auditions, Call for Art Call for Artists, Freeport High School Holiday Art and Craft fair, Dec. 11 and Dec. 12, table rentals for both days, $20, contact kimberlymedsker@gmail.com. Cape Elizabeth Arts Commission is accepting grant pr...

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Friday, November 13, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Violinist to introduce traditional Indian culture in Scarborough concert

Vittal Ramamurthy performs traditional Indian violin music and teaches all over the world. He and some of his students will be performing in "Eastern Melodies" at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at Scarborough High School. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 5-12.

Peggy Roberts • Lifestyle •
Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 7:40 am
Dining Dish: Wine expert offers advice in Cape Elizabeth; Portland welcomes new eateries

An award-winning sommelier will visit Cape Elizabeth's Inn by the Sea in December to impart some of his wine knowledge to diners. Master Sommelier Joseph Spellman is teaming up with Sea Glass Chef Mitchell...

Kate Bucklin • Lifestyle •
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 8:50 am
Arts and Entertainment Calendar: Nov. 11 - 22

Greater Portland Auditions, Call for Art Call for Artists, Freeport High School Holiday Art and Craft fair, Dec. 11 and Dec. 12, table rentals for both days, $20, contact kimberlymedsker@gmail.com. Art Call, for Long Island Dodwell Galle...

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Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:20 am
Out & About: Haydn masterpiece, Louis Armstrong tribute are this week's top choices

Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Creation" is a massive choral and orchestral work that's seldom performed in smaller cities such as Portland, mostly because of the size and cost of the project. So it's especially notable that the University of Southern Maine School of Music is presenting Haydn's...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:40 am
Out & About: 'Frost/Nixon' makes Maine debut in Portland

Among several arts and entertainment offerings this week, two are especially noteworthy. Good Theater opened the Maine premiere of "Frost/Nixon," Peter Morgan's much-lauded dramatization and back-story of the famous 1977 television confrontation between a British talk show personality ...

Scott Andrews • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:20 am
After the Layoff: Navigating a sea of debt

"Into every life," the saying goes, "a little rain must fall." But for some of us, when it rains, it pours.

Sean Baker • Lifestyle •
Monday, November 2, 2009 at 10:00 am